{"id":270,"date":"2024-05-20T12:01:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T12:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/20\/portal-connecting-dublin-and-new-york-reawakens-under-new-restrictions-after-inappropriate-behaviour\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T12:01:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T12:01:38","slug":"portal-connecting-dublin-and-new-york-reawakens-under-new-restrictions-after-inappropriate-behaviour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/20\/portal-connecting-dublin-and-new-york-reawakens-under-new-restrictions-after-inappropriate-behaviour\/","title":{"rendered":"Portal connecting Dublin and New York \u2018reawakens\u2019 under new restrictions after \u2018inappropriate behaviour\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A portal which links people in Dublin and New York via a live stream has been reactivated after \u201cmooning\u201d and other inappropriate behaviour was reported.<\/p>\n<p>The artwork had been <strong>temporarily shut<\/strong> due to \u201cinappropriate behaviour\u201d which included people flashing body parts to the camera, swearing and displaying images of 9\/11.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-site-outbrain sdc-site-outbrain--AR_6\">    <\/div>\n<p>The portal has now reopened with set times of operation \u2013 6am to 4pm in <strong>New York City<\/strong> and 11am to 9pm in <strong>Dublin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In a bid to tackle antisocial behaviour at the installation, the team behind it \u2013 Portals.org \u2013 has adopted a \u201cproximity-based solution\u201d whereby if people now try stepping on the portal and block the camera, it will trigger a blurring of the live stream on both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>In New York, the portal will continue to have on-site security during all hours of operation, while fencing has been installed to help with crowd management.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--teads\">        <\/div>\n<p>In Dublin, \u201cphysical design features\u201d are being put in place to assist with the crowds.<\/p>\n<p>The interactive artwork drew the attention of tens of thousands after it opened at the start of the month \u2013 and received nearly two billion online hits.<\/p>\n<p>But while the majority of people felt a \u201csense of joy and connectedness\u201d \u2013 solutions were subsequently sought to crack down on the inappropriate behaviour of a small minority of people in front of the portal.<\/p>\n<p>The portal has now \u201creawakened\u201d, a joint statement from Dublin City Council, Portals.org and the Flatiron NoMad Partnership said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team will continue making updates as needed to ensure that everyone can continue to enjoy the portal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Portals.org artist and founder Benediktas Gylys said: \u201cAs humans we are creating the Portals experience together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI invite local communities not only to enjoy but to care about their Portals and how other community members are approaching the sculptures.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on sky.com<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A portal which links people in Dublin and New York via a live stream has&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}